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Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: The American Family in Literature Lesson Plan
Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: The American Family in Literature

For Teachers 6th - 8th
What is the objective of this "American Family in Literature" unit? This site uses "Farmer Boy" and "Nobody's Family Can Change" to explore differences in families. The resource includes rationale and activities to help get this point to...
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Open Stax: The Great Depression 1929 1932: The Depths of the Great Depression eBook
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Open Stax: The Great Depression 1929 1932: The Depths of the Great Depression

For Students 11th - 12th
Examines the challenges faced by the average American, by African Americans, and by farmers on the Great Plains during the Great Depression, and the government's response or lack thereof.
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Baldwin Library: Helping Himself, Or, Grant Thornton's Ambition by H. Alger Primary
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Baldwin Library: Helping Himself, Or, Grant Thornton's Ambition by H. Alger

For Students 4th - 8th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Helping Himself, or, Grant Thornton's Ambition by Horatio Alger, Jr. (1886), a novel about the determination of Grant, a 15-year-old farmer's boy whose father has...
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Orca Book Publishers: 'Pigboy' Teaching Guide [Pdf] Lesson Plan
Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: 'Pigboy' Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Pigboy by Canadian author Vicki Grant is sure to appeal to boys. In it, Dan resents having to go on a field trip to a heritage farm but when he is there, he discovers that the farmer is actually an escaped convict and has tied up the...
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Yale: Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Journey of Discovery Lesson Plan
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Yale: Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Journey of Discovery

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This site features three novels and uses them to show middle schoolers that reading can be fun and useful. Students and teachers will benefit from this informative resource.
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Sur La Lune Fairy Tales: Japanese Fairy Tales eBook
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Sur La Lune Fairy Tales: Japanese Fairy Tales

For Students 9th - 10th
Online version of the book, "Japanese Fairy Tales," first published in 1908. It includes 20 or so tales translated from Japanese into English including the following: "My Lord Bag of Rice," "The Farmer and the Badger," "The Adventures of...
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